Midnight Metropole [Free Verse]

Trains are done running.

Shops are shuttered,
    except in the red-light districts
     where the neon circuits burn. 

Food carts are set up
    under streetlamps,
     sending out plumes of
     fried food & grilled meat aroma.

Plumes meant to catch drunken strollers
    looking for an affordable bad idea.

Tonight, the city accommodates all,
    finding a bad idea to 
     fit each price range.  

DAILY PHOTO: Bangkok Skylines

DAILY PHOTO: Houston’s CBD

DAILY PHOTO: Hungarian Parliament, Riverside

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City Limits [Haiku]

the city grows
 up and down the valley -
  shaped by mountains.

DAILY PHOTO: Boats & Ghats, Varanasi

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The City Sees [Free Verse]

The city sees like Santa Claus.

Every misdeed is captured.

Every lost soul is whereabouts known --
   known but not shared.

The city sees all,
    but it does keep secrets...
    
    sometimes. 

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Atlanta

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Tallinn’s Old Town

DAILY PHOTO: Ferris Wheel by Night

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